Sunday may have been the best evidence yet for the NFL being a passing league. The Cardinals (0.6), Steelers (1.5) and Bills (1.8) all won despite averaging less than two yards per carry. The Ravens, Jets, Lions, Redskins, Chargers, Vikings and Chiefs all lost despite outrunning their opponents by at least 39 yards. Only one winning team (the Raiders) had such a big rushing edge.

My favorite TV comment of the day: After the Steelers twice failed to score on a run from the 1, Thom Brennaman said how can the Steelers be good at running when they pass 63 percent of the time? The Steelers ran 27 times for 40 yards. How much more does he think they should stick with plays that average 1.5 yards?

Giant breaks

The Giants have won four in a row after losing their first six, but three of those wins came against backup quarterbacks. My second-favorite comment of the weekend was Darryl Johnston saying that shouldn’t take away from the Giants’ feat.

The Bengals trailed the Browns 13-0 until they scored 31 points in a row in the second quarter. The Bengals did this despite going 1-for-7 on third downs in the first half with only 108 total yards while Andy Dalton was 8-for-18 passing. Cincinnati took control with a blocked punt TD return and a fumble return for a TD. Not even the Chicago Bears of Lovie Smith and Dick Jauron did it better.

FG wasn’t costly

By the way, despite what Thom Brennaman, Jimmy Johnson and Sports Illustrated said, the Lions did not lose because they tried a fake field goal with 13 minutes left when they led by 4. They lost because they couldn’t stop the Steelers on third-and-9 from their own 4 three plays later and allowed a 97-yard TD drive.

Even if they had kicked the field goal, the game would have still been tied. That play cost Detroit three points in a game it lost by 10. That was Roethlisberger’s 22nd game-winning comeback in the fourth quarter, but only his fourth in the last three years.